CommercialPanasonic, China Telecom Satellite Extend IFC Trial to Chinese Airlines Photo: China Eastern Airlines [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] Panasonic Avionics and China Telecom Satellite (CTS), announced a one-year extension of their Ku-band In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) trial that will expand connectivity to several Chinese…
Business & GAHondaJet Wins Production Certificate to Build in the US HondaJets on the final assembly line. Photo: Honda [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] The FAA has granted Honda Aircraft a production certificate to build the HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet, at its world…
CommercialEsterline Wins Avionics Contracts with Antonov, Royal Jordanian Air Force Antonov AN-124 cargo plane for which Esterline CMC will supply high-performance avionics. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] Esterline CMC Electronics has won several major avionics contracts, announced this week at the Farnborough…
CommercialAt Farnborough 2016, AirBaltic Touts C Series Avionics Benefits [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] Regardless of all of the financial rumors, analysis, and troubles Bombardier has suffered over the last year with its C Series program, technologically, it will be one of the…
MilitaryDoD Rolls out Phase II Cost-Cutting Plan for the F-35 F-35 Lightning II. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The Department of Defense (DoD) has released two initiatives alongside industry to reduce F-35 Lightning II production and sustainment costs. The first is…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Outlooks See Strong Market for Satellite-Connected Aircraft [Avionics Magazine 07-11-2016] Airbus and Boeing both released their 20-year global market forecasts on the first day of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. Airbus was less optimistic in it’s long term view…
CommercialThales Announces Flurry of Avionics Contracts easyjet A320. Photo: Thales [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] Thales has revealed it landed contracts for more than 400 Airbus single-aisle aircraft platforms in the last six months for its Flight Management Systems (FMS)…
CommercialUTC Aerospace Sensor Aims to Enhance Global Hawk UAS ISR Global Hawk UAS. Photo: Carla Thomas [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The U.S. Air Force has awarded UTC Aerospace Systems a contract to support the integration and testing of the MS-177 Multi-Spectral Imaging (MSI)…